"instrumentalize" meaning in All languages combined

See instrumentalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: instrumentalizes [present, singular, third-person], instrumentalizing [participle, present], instrumentalized [participle, past], instrumentalized [past]
Etymology: From instrumental + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|instrumental|ize}} instrumental + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} instrumentalize (third-person singular simple present instrumentalizes, present participle instrumentalizing, simple past and past participle instrumentalized)
  1. (transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal. Tags: transitive Translations (make into an instrument for achieving a goal): instrumentalitzar (Catalan), instrumentaliser (French), instrumentalizar (Galician), instrumentalisieren (German), εργαλειοποιώ (ergaleiopoió) (Greek), strumentalizzare (Italian), instrumentalizar (Portuguese), instrumentalizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-en-verb-1a9qedLZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 24 4 32 5 32 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 2 34 3 34 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'make into an instrument for achieving a goal': 97 3
  2. (music, transitive) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music Translations (transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice): instrumentalisieren (German), strumentalizzare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-en-verb-lXaWIDTy Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: instrumentalization

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} instrumentalize
  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of instrumentalizar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: instrumentalizar
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-gl-verb-MZGU1yNE Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 24 4 32 5 32 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 2 34 3 34 3 Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of instrumentalizar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: instrumentalizar
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-gl-verb-VNy4C-UW

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} instrumentalize
  1. inflection of instrumentalizar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: instrumentalizar
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-pt-verb-MZGU1yNE Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 24 4 32 5 32 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 2 34 3 34 3 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. inflection of instrumentalizar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: instrumentalizar
    Sense id: en-instrumentalize-pt-verb-VNy4C-UW

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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